Growing Up by Kelly

What a weird year it's been. I got promoted to manager, got married, and now am buying a house. Yup, it's finally time for Jake and me to get out of the parents' basement. We can't go too far though. We are buying a house about 3 blocks away from them. If we go too far than we can't have a free dogsitter.

We have this house I think as long as everything goes right with the mortgage and all that stuff. I still don't have a clue what we are doing. They did an inspection and everything was great. So now we just have to close or something? Who knows. Hopefully we will have a house in about 3 weeks though.

I tried to find a picture of it on my computer but couldn't find anything. Basically find a pic of my parents house, it's the exact same style. Just pre remodel. I can't wait to totally remodel it ourselves. This is so fun. And a house is super big for just two people. Well two people and a dog. Kelly

Days Together and the Swine Flu by Kelly

Last week my parents and bro went to Houston to spend time with my dad's sister and her fam. We stayed home because I had to work a lot. Jake has a few weeks off right now. So I was so excited to have a few days off with Jake. So excited. We never have days off together.

So we decided to go on a lunch date then go grocery shopping. Which is always fun. We ate a ton so we were tired and decided we should go home and bring our bed into the living room so we could watch tv out there in comfort. Oh there was no comfort for me.

I felt weird and took my temp when we got home. It was a 99. No big deal. I felt way worse 20 minutes later and retook it. 102.6. So I just tried to die all night with no luck.

Went to the doctor the next am even though I didn't feel as bad. Thank God I did. I've been swined. I refuse to call it H1N1. It' swine flu. The doctor didn't tell me I have H1N1 He said I have swine flu.

So he basically put me in quarantine. I can't leave my couch. Can't go within 3 feet of Jake. Can't do anything but be bored out of my mind. FOR 7-10 DAYS! This is a cruel joke. I am so bored. I should spend this time doing something productive but I am dizzy and just don't feel like it.

This stinks. Kelly

New furniture by Andrea

I'm so excited for our new bedroom furniture! We've been living out of laundry baskets, suitcases and shopping bags for a long time, and now I feel like we're finally grown-ups. I was trying to be patient, save money, and determine when would be the best time to get the bedroom set....but I couldn't wait anymore when I lost my "sock drawer" one morning (it's really just a plastic Target bag that I kept my clean socks in) and I had to wear some kinda blah looking socks to work that didn't match my outfit as perfectly as I wanted.

So later that night, Mom and I went shopping at Darvin and found an awesome ebony wood set in the clearance section. So now my socks are happy to be out of the Target bag....and the bed is pretty gorgeous too :) Andrea

Fun with the Inlaws by Andrea

I've always found inlaw relationships fascinating. I've heard so many horror stories, but my mom has a great relationship with her mother-in-law, so I always assumed that would be the same for me when I got married someday. But mine is a much more complicated situation. Unfortunately, I don't have much in common with Dre's mom, so I've had a tough time bonding with her, even though she lives close by. However, Dre's dad lives in California with his wife and kids, and we all get along great! They're just awesome people, really easy to get along with. And my "California Mom" is the type of mother-in-law I've always dreamed of. We go shopping together, we can talk about current events, sports, music, movies, God, you name it. And we all have fun together going on road trips, hanging out at Six Flags, family dinners, backyard barbeques and all those wholesome family bonding activities. I just wish they didn't live so far away. :(

Dre, on the other hand, has the best Chicago in-laws ever! My parents love him to pieces, and we have a lot of fun together. We go to church and have Sunday brunch together every weekend, and every Tuesday we go to 1/2 price margarita night at Pepe's Mexican Restaurant. Some of our friends think we're so sweet to invite Mom and Dad to the party scene...but what they don't know is that my parents started the weekly tradition back when I was in Junior High. We're just following their lead. The same goes for our favorite bar/club downtown Chicago. We were so excited to be on the VIP guest list because we know the DJ, but found out my parents won the Bump contest at the same bar back in the 70s....and they were also friends with the DJ. Go figure. Andrea

On the wagon by Kelly

I finally got back on track working out. Only took me 6 months of complaining about being fat to finally get unfat. Ok well I haven't done it yet, but it will be done soon. I mean the getting unfat part. I am definitely working out probably close to a billion hours a week. With Cubs season being over I have tons of free time to go to the gym.

I know the main reason for the fatness is the 800 lbs. of whiskey I drink a week. So I decided to re-ditch that lovely habit. There was a reason I quit drinking for a year and a half. I tried to ignore it but that reason came back with a super vengeance and I am super back on the wagon again. It's on right? If I was off I would be drinking? Wasn't that a Seinfeld episode?

So I have lots of time to go to the gym and even more time to hang on the most comfy couch in the world. Jake pulled a couch out of the alley, super cleaned it, and put it in our living room. I've never sat on a more comfy couch. Once I sit, I'm done for the night. I wrap up in my lovely Snuggie (don't watch infomercials while drunk kids!!) and watch horrible reality TV all night. It's amazing. I am living a dream life right now.

I said super a lot in this blog I think. Kelly